Chronic copper poisoning was investigated in ruminants within the Phalaborwa area of the Kruger National Park (KNP). Exposure of ruminants to environmental copper pollution resulting from copper smelting operations of a ...

Twelve Bonsmara tracer calves (aged 6-12 months) were used to monitor helminth infections in the
communal farming system of Botshabelo in the Free State. One calf was slaughtered each month
from December 1995 to November ...

Electron microscopy of mouse peritoneal macrophages infected with the Kümm stock of Cowdria
ruminantium suggests that in the final stage of intracellular growth, a mosaic of organisms develops
from an amorphous matrix ...

lmmunopotentiating agents are useful in enhancing resistance to infections in individuals whose immunocompetence
is compromised for one reason or another.
Because of the very wide spectrum of infectious and non·infectious ...

The inter-epizootic reservoir host of Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) remains unknown, although the namaqua rock rat, Aethomys namaquensis, as well as bats have been implicated. Bats can be asymptomatically infected with ...

The most effective odour attractant for G. brevipalpis Newstead, namely a combination of octenol released at c. 9,1 mg/h, 4-methyl phenol released at c. 15,5 mg/h and acetone released at c. 350 mg/h, when used together ...

Twelve Red Masai and 12 Dorper sheep aged between 6 and 9 months, were acquired from a flukefree area and sheep of each breed divided into two equal groups of six. Each animal in one group of each breed was experimentally ...

The parasites of 541 largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides, were studied over a period of 12 months.
The results showed that the bass from Lake Naivasha are paratenic hosts of Contracaecum sp. larva
and final hosts for ...

This questionnaire survey was conducted amongst 200 farmers in the resource-poor, urban and periurban
environments of Botshabelo and Thaba Nchu towns in the Free State Province of South Africa.
The questionnaire was ...

The geographical distribution of Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina antibodies in communal herds
in northern and eastern Zimbabwe was determined using the ELISA technique. The animals in different
herds in the study ...

Studies on the attractiveness of various coloured targets for Glossina brevipalpis and G. austeni in
South Africa showed black and pthalogen blue (p.blue) combinations to be the most effective for both
species. A 2 m ...

The components of the synthetic ox-odour used in Zimbabwe against Glossina pallidipes and G. m. morsitans were evaluated for the attraction of G. brevipalpis and G. austeni in South Africa. The Zimbabwe mixture (Zim-mix), ...

The ability of a DNA vaccine to elicit an immune response in a horse was evaluated. The outer capsid
protein VP2 of African horsesickness virus is known to elicit protective immunity in horses. Reverse
transcribed DNA ...

In order to provide relevant therapeutic answers to human patients exposed to risk of rabies infection
who visit the lnstitut Pasteur du Cambodge for post-exposure treatment and to improve control of
rabies in Cambodia, ...